Kazuhiro Osawa

3.0k total citations · 1 hit paper
71 papers, 1.9k citations indexed

About

Kazuhiro Osawa is a scholar working on Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine, Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging and Surgery. According to data from OpenAlex, Kazuhiro Osawa has authored 71 papers receiving a total of 1.9k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 43 papers in Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine, 41 papers in Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging and 23 papers in Surgery. Recurrent topics in Kazuhiro Osawa's work include Cardiac Imaging and Diagnostics (39 papers), Cardiovascular Disease and Adiposity (16 papers) and Cardiovascular Function and Risk Factors (15 papers). Kazuhiro Osawa is often cited by papers focused on Cardiac Imaging and Diagnostics (39 papers), Cardiovascular Disease and Adiposity (16 papers) and Cardiovascular Function and Risk Factors (15 papers). Kazuhiro Osawa collaborates with scholars based in Japan, United States and Lithuania. Kazuhiro Osawa's co-authors include Hiroshi Ito, Toru Miyoshi, Stephan Achenbach, Bjarne Linde Nørgaard, Jesper Møller Jensen, Brian Ko, Andrejs Ērglis, Sara Gaur, Hans Erik Bøtker and Sujith Seneviratne and has published in prestigious journals such as SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología, Journal of the American College of Cardiology and PLoS ONE.

In The Last Decade

Kazuhiro Osawa

64 papers receiving 1.9k citations

Hit Papers

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  1. Diagnostic Performance of Noninvasive Fractional Flow Reserve Derived From Coronary Computed Tomography Angiography in Suspected Coronary Artery Disease
    2014 970 citations Bjarne Linde Nørgaard, Sara Gaur et al. profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

Peers by citation overlap · career bar shows stage (early→late) cites · hero ref

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Kazuhiro Osawa Japan 18 1.3k 1.0k 935 385 256 71 1.9k
Ravi Nair United States 17 516 0.4× 812 0.8× 865 0.9× 87 0.2× 355 1.4× 47 1.5k
Bavana V. Rangan United States 29 1.3k 1.0× 1.9k 1.9× 1.4k 1.5× 151 0.4× 551 2.2× 141 2.7k
Marian Zembala Poland 25 367 0.3× 1.2k 1.2× 1.9k 2.0× 253 0.7× 476 1.9× 222 2.6k
Ellen Hoffmann Germany 36 947 0.7× 692 0.7× 3.4k 3.6× 431 1.1× 279 1.1× 158 4.1k
Christoph Gräni Switzerland 30 1.3k 1.0× 810 0.8× 2.2k 2.3× 291 0.8× 540 2.1× 204 3.3k
Michael K. Cheezum United States 19 1.3k 1.0× 1.0k 1.0× 1.2k 1.2× 530 1.4× 506 2.0× 47 2.2k
Ayaz Aghayev United States 19 474 0.4× 353 0.3× 836 0.9× 92 0.2× 181 0.7× 65 1.4k
Maryl R. Johnson United States 23 473 0.4× 1.1k 1.1× 951 1.0× 395 1.0× 177 0.7× 56 2.4k
Martin Greif Germany 18 559 0.4× 535 0.5× 1.1k 1.2× 351 0.9× 188 0.7× 37 2.2k
Kenneth Horton United States 12 433 0.3× 675 0.7× 1.6k 1.7× 434 1.1× 442 1.7× 15 2.3k

Countries citing papers authored by Kazuhiro Osawa

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Kazuhiro Osawa

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Kazuhiro Osawa. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Kazuhiro Osawa based on the total number of citations received by their joint publications. Widths of edges represent the number of papers authors have co-authored together. Node borders signify the number of papers an author published with Kazuhiro Osawa. Kazuhiro Osawa is excluded from the visualization to improve readability, since they are connected to all nodes in the network.

All Works

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Nakashima, M, Toru Miyoshi, Takahiro Nishihara, et al.. (2025). Prognostic Value of Pericoronary Fat Attenuation Index on Computed Tomography for Hospitalization for Heart Failure. JACC Advances. 4(5). 101685–101685. 1 indexed citations
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Nakashima, M, Toru Miyoshi, Takahiro Nishihara, et al.. (2025). Photon-Counting CT Enhances Diagnostic Accuracy in Stable Coronary Artery Disease: A Comparative Study with Conventional CT. Journal of Clinical Medicine. 14(17). 6049–6049.
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Nishihara, Takahiro, Toru Miyoshi, Kentaro Ejiri, et al.. (2024). Evaluating Pericoronary Adipose Tissue Attenuation to Predict Cardiovascular Events. JACC Asia. 5(1). 1–11. 1 indexed citations
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Osawa, Kazuhiro & Toru Miyoshi. (2023). Are Non-Invasive Modalities for the Assessment of Atherosclerosis Useful for Heart Failure Predictions?. International Journal of Molecular Sciences. 24(3). 1925–1925. 3 indexed citations
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Nishihara, Takahiro, Toru Miyoshi, Keishi Ichikawa, et al.. (2022). Association of Oxidized Low-Density Lipoprotein in Nonalcoholic Fatty Liver Disease with High-Risk Plaque on Coronary Computed Tomography Angiography: A Matched Case–Control Study. Journal of Clinical Medicine. 11(10). 2838–2838. 5 indexed citations
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Ichikawa, Keishi, Toru Miyoshi, Kazuhiko Kotani, et al.. (2022). Association between high oxidized high-density lipoprotein levels and increased pericoronary inflammation determined by coronary computed tomography angiography. Journal of Cardiology. 80(5). 410–415. 6 indexed citations
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Ichikawa, Keishi, Toru Miyoshi, Kazuhiro Osawa, et al.. (2021). Incremental prognostic value of non-alcoholic fatty liver disease over coronary computed tomography angiography findings in patients with suspected coronary artery disease. European Journal of Preventive Cardiology. 28(18). 2059–2066. 25 indexed citations
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Matsuo, Yuki, et al.. (2021). Development of Surface Coating on Titanium Dioxide Particles for Forming Even Layer of Powdered Cosmetics. Journal of the Society of Powder Technology Japan. 58(2). 59–65.
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Murakami, Daisuke, Yosuke Masamoto, Fumio Suzuki, et al.. (2021). Cerebral toxoplasmosis complicating lymphoplasmacytic lymphoma in partial remission. Journal of Infection and Chemotherapy. 28(2). 279–282. 2 indexed citations
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Ihdayhid, Abdul Rahman, Bjarne Linde Nørgaard, Sara Gaur, et al.. (2019). Prognostic Value and Risk Continuum of Noninvasive Fractional Flow Reserve Derived from Coronary CT Angiography. Radiology. 292(2). 343–351. 96 indexed citations
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Osawa, Kazuhiro, Rine Nakanishi, & Matthew J. Budoff. (2017). Is there a role for coronary artery calcification scoring in primary prevention of cerebrovascular disease?. Atherosclerosis. 257. 279–287. 6 indexed citations
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Čeponienė, Indrė, Rine Nakanishi, Kazuhiro Osawa, et al.. (2017). Coronary Artery Calcium Progression Is Associated With Coronary Plaque Volume Progression. JACC. Cardiovascular imaging. 11(12). 1785–1794. 18 indexed citations
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Nakamura, Kazufumi, Daiji Miura, Yukihiro Saito, et al.. (2017). Eicosapentaenoic acid prevents arterial calcification in klotho mutant mice. PLoS ONE. 12(8). e0181009–e0181009. 24 indexed citations
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Miyoshi, Toru, Kazuhiro Osawa, Norihisa Toh, et al.. (2016). Measurement of epicardial fat thickness by transthoracic echocardiography for predicting high-risk coronary artery plaques. Heart and Vessels. 31(11). 1758–1766. 26 indexed citations
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Osawa, Kazuhiro, Rine Nakanishi, & Matthew J. Budoff. (2016). Coronary Artery Calcification. Global Heart. 11(3). 287–287. 33 indexed citations
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Fukuda, Mitsuo, Akio Mitani, Kazuhiro Osawa, et al.. (2013). Nd:YAG Laser Irradiation of the Tooth Root Surface Inhibits Demineralization and Root Surface Softening Caused by Minocycline Application. Photomedicine and Laser Surgery. 31(12). 571–577. 7 indexed citations
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Abe, Yukio, Chiharu Tanaka, Ito K, et al.. (2012). Comparison of two-dimensional and real-time three-dimensional transesophageal echocardiography in the assessment of aortic valve area. Journal of Cardiology. 59(3). 337–343. 12 indexed citations

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